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D. C. LOOKWOOD.

GEE-0K HOOK.

No. 306,408. Patented 001;. 14, 1884.

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DAVID C. LOOKWVOOD, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUBBER .AND OELLULOID HARNESS TRIMMING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-HOOK.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,408, dated October 14, 1884.

Application filed April 24, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID C. LOOKWOOD,

of Newark, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinged Pad-Hooks for Gheck-Reins of Harness; and I do hereby declare that the following is a correct description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawmgs.

Figure l is a perspective view of my inven tion with the locking-arm out of engagement, and Fig. 2 a side elevation with the arm locked in position to support the ring or hook.

I11 ordinary check-rein hooks, (this being I 5 the generic name of the class,) when a horse stumbles there is a very great strain upon the hook, often sufficient to nearly straighten or destroy it. This is obviously because (see Fig. 1) there is a break in the continuity of the ring.

My invention is designed to support the hook, and to this end the hook A has a slot, a, which receives the shank b of a locking-arm, B, pivoted at b to the hook, as shown. The

arm B has a head, I)", which rests upon the upper side of the hook, and when the arm is in cut purpose, and one which such construction position, as shown in Fig. 2, prevents the hook from spreading or straightening. This pivoted locking-arm B prevents the cheek-rein from becoming disengaged from the hook, but 0 in that capacity alone it is not new.

The importance of the invention lies in its adaptation to support the hook against great strain. 7

I am aware that pivoted arms with rings have been employed to retain check-reins against accidental displacement, and also that a spring has been made to interlock with the check-hook; but my invention is for a differ- 0 would not serve.

What I claim as new is In combination with the checlerein hook A, having slot a, the pivoted arm B, having shank b and head b, adapted to engage the hook and support the same, as and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID C. LOOKVOOD. 

